Nonpalpable breast masses: Evaluation by US elastography

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Cho, Nariya ^a   Woo, Kyung Moon ^a,b   Jeong, Seon Park ^a   Joo, Hee Cha ^c   Jang, Mijung ^a   Min, Hyun Seong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast, US; Ultrasound (US), elastography; Ultrasound (US), tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 41649113923     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.2.111     Document Type: Article

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